Can-end-lining machine



c. w. GRAHAM.

CAN END LINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION f|LEDMAR.2s,191s.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

C. W. GRAHAM.

CAN END LINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1916.

L, l Patent'eAug. 3,1920.

4 SHEETS--SHEET 2.

C. W. GRAHAM.

CAN END LINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, ISIS.

l ,348, 560. Patented Ag. 3, 1920.

/1 TTOH/VEY C. W. GRAHAM.

CAN END LINING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAFLZQ. 1916. LMS@ @0, Patented Aug. l3, 1920. 4 SHEETS-SWEET 4.

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CHAnLEsw. GRAHAM, orcnns'rwoon, New Yonniassierion To AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., n CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

vCirri-iiNn-LiNiNe MACHYNE,

To allivhom t may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES GRAHAM,

:a citizen of thewUnited States, residing iii Crestwood, in the county of :Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Can-End- Lining Machines, of which thefollowing is a speciiication; Y l V 'A f This invention chines for applying can end liners 5to' the flanges oi' shouldered can ends for the production of interfoldedherrnetic seamsy with flanged can bodies, and has for 'its Object broadly the provisionoi a machine forapplying ring liners previously cut and from a stack to Ican ends taken from another stack in an expeditious manner and without danger o"v damageto theliners. v :fA A urtherobjeCt of the invention'is the provision of such a machine which willopcrate eiiiciently and yet be of cheap and simple construction.

Y Other objects and advantages of thefin vention will be apparent as it is' better un-L derstood from the following "description when considered in connection with kthe tac-i companying drawing illustrating# a Spre-v lerredvembodimentthereof.

@n the drawings, y 1 f kFigure l is aplan view 'of afmachine em- 'bodying theabove principle and shows by dotted lines the' driving mechanism under-` neath the'bed; n y f Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine in the direction of the arrow 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is 'a side? elevation looking" in'l the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. `1;f

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on yline 1i-Ll of Fig, V1 looking inthe directionv of the arrows, and shows'the oriii'ces in .thev two coiiveyers alined with the assembling plunger g Fig. 5 is a'vertical 4sectional view taken at 4right angles to Fig. 4L along line' oi Figi; t i

Fig. 6 is a planfview taken along line GeGLO Fig. 2 showing 'the crossconveyers, as they` intersect and lie inthe guide ,slots of the' bed of the machine; v

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken *on-line -7 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of they arrows, showing the can end vstack chute and the'nianner in which the chain passes under it;

Specification of'Lertters Patent.'-

relates in` general "to mai Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken o n line 8 8 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction oi thearrows, showing the can lend .View showing one of the 4link blocksfor conveyingthe canend liners; and Fig. 10 isr an enlarged detail plan and ,side` viewA showingyone of the link blocks for conveying thecan ends.

In the embodiment ofthe invention shown onthe drawings reference character desaignates a mainframe consisting of legs c1- supporting 'atits top abed plate a2 carrying veyers C and Dare carried also by the bed plate a2 insuitable trackscl and (Z1 and are arranged to fmove kat approximately right angles to each other. These conveyers lie in planes one above vthe other aii'dliave cylindrical apertures d? and 02 which intersect l andfaline during the operation of the mar chine. On the auXiliaryfbed plate a3 are inafter described, and the stackv support i'ior the' liners is similarly located over kthe upper conveyer which,I carries the `can vend 'liners 'into assembling position, the auxiliary vbed iary bed vplate a3 into th'eaperturesin the conveyers. The lowerconveyenwhich car ries can. ends, hasy recesses 1 or pockets in y y y y, kPatent-ea Aagalieso.

Application filed March 29.; 191e. serial Nn. 37,390. l e

depthe'qual substantially to the depth of a can.' end, andthe passageway between the D bed plate (fand theauxiliary bed'platea3 is so arranged that only a single-can end-can be selected by each` block of the chain conveyer as it passesbeneath the stack. rlhe ,upperconveyer or the one for selecting the can endliners is, however, materially thicker thanthe 'tl'iickness'` oilfk a liner 'and is provided inv its'aperture d2, which 1 extend through reach block, with an inwardly eX-` be carried with the block as it moves from' beneath the stack, the upper ones beingre-l strained by the upper bed plate a3. A liner 4 and a can `end is therefore positioned in each successive hole in the liner and can the stacks. i ,i

The assembling is doneyat `the point of crossing ofthe two conveyers, so'that each time a filled can end lineropening in the liner carrying conveyer and 1f-filled can end opening in the can end carrying conveyer are in registration the lineris positioned in the can end brought .just beneath it. #This is accomplished by a reciprocating plunger which descends at veach such occurrence.y The conveyers advance by a stepby step movement and are quiescent between the steps, each step disposinga'liner over an `unlined can end and eachperiod of quiescenoe resulting 1n the deposition of a `hner in a subjacent can end. l.Thehner stack and thecan end stack arranged 'so that aV liner opening and a can end` opening, respectifvely, of" thewconveyers are beneath the stacks at each periodof .quiescence, this permitting the yrelatively delicate liners to be seated in successivetliner openings `in the whilethe conveyers are" at rest.

`liner conveyer quietly and accurately and The power for driving these parts issup-V plied and transferred as will now be described. A main shaft @carrying upon its end a pulley b? is journaled in bearings b3 secured to the under side of the bed plate a2. This shaft carries a stud-carrying fdisk b4 having a single roller stud bi which engages an' intermittentfgear` Zit `.and constituting with the intermittent disk b4 a Genevamove-` ment. The intermittent geark b is kmounted upon a shaft 67 mountedl in bearings b3 upon the underside of' the bed plate a2. The shaft o7 carries two sprocket wheels bf over which an end of the conveyer D is trained, this conveyer being' also'- trained over two idle sprocket wheels 61 at the other side ofthe frame. The shaft 797 carvries at its end a bevel Gear 511 which engages a bevel gear 612 upona shafttu1 mounted'in bearings Z314 extending downwardl lfrom the Ysprocket wheels bmbeing on shaftsz' and le,

respectively mounted in bearings band b1?,

which are pressed outwardly byspr-ingstw to hold both conveyers taut.` Q L Coperating locking members 629 and b21 are provided,4 respectively, upon they shafts 1 and `57 to insure accurate operation of the Geneva movement. Themember` b2" being a diskhaving an arcuate ldepression on one sidel and the member b21 being larger andV having a number of arcuateV depressions disposed'nabout its periphery. The arcuate depression of each disk being;y of a `curva- V ture to fit the circumference of the other end conveyers respectively to pass beneath' ofthe Lipper bed plate a3. This plunger receivesl actuation from a lever'lt5 pivoted at one end at zG on the stem h2 andat4 the other end at k7 to an eccentric rod hs, said lever being fulcrumed near its center at hf in an lupwardly extending bracket lim.`

The eccentricfconnectlng rod /L'S embraces an eccentric't11 fixed upon the shaft b1, movement of theshaft causing thereby a continuous r4both conveyersareadvanced aspace equal AktolA a'block, and the parts are sofgtimed` with -Yrespect tothe plunger that each movement` occurs when the plunger is in :elevated po-` sition. The plunger descends. between the v steps z and pressing Vfirstupon a liner forces `1t past the inwardly extending ledge d and 'down into'wthe can end forming a unitary structure. Thereafterthe plunger moves up and when ithas cleared the upper conveyer the conveyers advance a step,

bringing a new liner and( new can end into an assembling" position and carrying the lined `can vend tomjthe discharge.` station. This stationis located` in the present instance at the sprockets 615 (see Fig. V5) {Adjacent they travel of the conveyer around these sprockets are positioned two yielding ifinge'rs e1 which take intoaslots e2 (Fig. l()

extending lengthwise :of each block of the i i conveyer for the can ends, andthese slots introduce the fingers into the can end openingsor pockets and lift the lined can' ends ,out., Theseiingers lare secured in place by a pin e3 and inpassing through the slots lift i the ,linedcan `ends. and cause them to slide fdown thefingers and drop into a chute e from which they fall onto a delivery conjveyer'c.` lThe-fingers e1 are sufliciently loose gravity! Y Each conveyeris composed of blocks rectangular or square in cross-section .and

hinged togetherat their adjacent edges at Cri liners to the flanges f1. Each block carries ya pair` olhlaterally extending lugs f2 which engage the sprockets already described to insure accurate tim ing, so'that the orifices will properly aline after each intermittent movement.

lt is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoingdescriptiomand it willbe apparent that various changes maybe made in the form, constructionand arrangeof the parts withoutf'departing `from thespirit and scope ofv the invention or sacriicing any of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

l claim: Y

1. In a macliineior 'applying can yend liners to the flanges ofshouldered can ends, or the production of interiolded hermetic .sea-ins `with flanged can bodies, in vcombina- -tioncan'endieed mechanism and can end Vliners to the flangesof shouldered canends,

for the production of interioldedhermetic `seams withanged can bodies", in' combination: can end l'feed mechanism andcan end liner vfeed mechanism comprisingfintermittently movable endless belt conveyers moving in horizontal planes oneabove the other, and having an intersecting station where a can end and a can end liner are brought into assembling position, and vertically acting means for assembling a can end and a can end liner at the said station.

3. In a machine "for applying canlend 4'linersto the flanges of shouldered can ends,

lor the production of interfolded hermetic seams with ilanged can bodies, in-combina-,

"tion: can end `teed mechanismy andfcaii end liner 'feed mechanism comprising intermittently movable endless belt conveyersr movj 5e' ing in horizontal planes one above the other, and? having an intersecting stationl where can end and a canend liner are brought into `assembling position, in alinement vertically *movable means for assembling the can end and can end liner at"y the said station; and means ior dischargi lined canends. 4

flln a machineicor applying can "end of shouldered 'can' ends, for the production of interiolded hermetic seams, with flanged can bodies, in combina-y tion: an endless belt conveyer having linear p movement and adapted lto receive and convey can ends,:a second 'endless belt conveyer havinglinear `movementand adapted to receive and convey Vcan end j liners, said conveyers intersecting in their movement Whereby a can end anda canend liner are brought linto assembling position andwithin the op- ?erative' zone' or' assembling mechanism; and [assembling mechanism whereby the said can end and can end" liner are assembled asa complete unit;YV` n l5. ln a'machine for applying can end liners tothe flanges ol'shouldered can ends, for the production oi"- interfolded hermetic joints, with flanged 'can bodies, in combina- -tion an endless belt conveyer having linear movement and adapted -to automatically receive and convey 'can ends, a second endlessv belt conveyer having linear movement and adapted to automatically receive and cony vey can end'liners, said conveyers intersecting in their movement whereby a can end bling vposition and' within the operative zone of assembling mechanism; and assembling mechanism whereby the said can end and can rend liner are assembled'as a complete unit. f, f y

6. In a machine for applying can end liners to the' flanges of shouldered can ends,

lfor the productionof interfoldedhermetic seams, with flanged canbodies, in combina- `tion an endless belt vconveyor havingiinear movement and adapted to automatically rekand a can end liner V'are brought into assemn ceive can ends from they bottoinof a stack and convey same`,a holder for saidstack, aL second endless belt conveyer rhaving Alinear movement and adapted to automatically receive can end linersffrom the bottom of a stack and convey same, a holder for said liner stack, vsaid conveyers intersecting kin their .movement whereby a.' can end and a can endliner are' brought intoassembling .position and withinfthe operative zone of as sembling mechanism and assembling mechn `anism `whereby the'said can end and' can end liner are assembled as a complete unit.

y 7.V n a' machine for .applying can rend n liners to the flanges of shouldered can ends, for the production of 'interfolded hermetic tion.: an endless belt conveyer havinglinear 'movement and adapted to'receive and convey can ends, a second endless belt conveyer having linear movement and adapted toreceive and convey can end liners, vsaidoconveyers'moving at approximately right angles to each-other, said conveyers intersecting inf their movement whereby a can end and a can 1 end liner -are brought 1 into assembling position, oneab'ove the other, and within the operative y,zone of assembling mechanism; and assemblingk mechanism whereby the said can endand canendliner are lassembled as a complete unit.

ySpin armachine' for applying can end linersto the flanges of shouldered can ends,

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v' seams, with lla'ngedcan bodies, in combinaf lill for the production of interfolded hermetic seams, with fianged can bodies, in combinabelt conveyer4 having vintermittent Vlinear movement and adapted to receive and convey can end liners, one conveyern havingV movement at an angle tothe other,`said conveyors intersecting in their movement Where-V bya can end and a can end liner-are brought into assembling position and Within the operative Zone of assembling mechanism; and assembling mechanism whereby the said can end and can end liner are assembled Vas a complete unit. Y

9. In a machine for applying can end linersto the flanges ofshouldered can ends, for the production of interiiolded hermetic seams with flanged,caii;bodies, in combination: an endless belt `conveyer having linear movementadjacenta stackof can ends, and adapted to receive ends from 'said stack, a holder for said stack, a second endless belt conveyer having linear movement, adjacent a stack of can end liners,and adapted to receiver liners from said stack, a. holder for `the stack of liners, said eonveyers intersecting in their movement'vvhereby a can end and a can end liner are brought into assembling position and Within the operativesaid stack, a holder for said stack, a second endless belt conveyer having linear movement, adjacent a stack of canend liners, and adapted to receive liners fromsaid stack, a holder for said stack of liners, said conveyers intersecting in their movement Whereby a can end and a can end liner are brought into assembling position, and assembling mechanism whereby the said can end and can end liner unit. w

l1. Ina machine for applying can end liners to the flanges of shouldered can ends, for thef'production of interfolded hermetic seams with flangedcan'bodieain combina are assembledv as a Vcomplete tion: an endless belt conveyer having linear movement, adjacent a stack of' can ends, and adapted to receive ends from'said stack, a

yholder `for said stack, va second-endless belt conveyer having linear movement, adjacent a staclr of' can iend liners,` and adapted to receive liners from the bottom of said stack, a holder for said stack of liners, said con# endless beltV conveyer havinglinear move- -veyers intersecting their movementvvhereby a can end and a can-endliner are Vbrought .into assemblingfposition, and assembling mechanism whereby the said can V end and can end liner are assembledas a complete unit. Y

l12. In` afmachineiif'or applying vcan end liners to the flanges of shouldered can, ends,

for the j orodu'ction offinterfolded,hermetic .75

seams Vvvth, flanged can bodies, j iny combinationr an endless :belt conveyer having linear movement, adj acentV a stack of can ends, and adapted pto receive ends from the bottom of said4 staclg a holder for said stack, a second ment, adjacent a stack of can. end liners,

' and adapted to; receive linersfrom the botlinerssaid conveyersintersecting in `their Vmovement whereby a canend and al can end liner are brought Vin to assembling position, andassembling mechanism whereby the said can end and canrend acomplete unit. j 1

. 13; Inamachine for applying can end liners to the `flanges of shouldered can ends, for the production of interfolded hermetic seams with lianged can bodies, incombination: an endless belt conveyer having linear movement, adjacent aistaclrfof can ends,`and adapted to automatically receive ends from liner are assembled as thel bottom of' said stack, a holder for said stack, a second endless belt conveyer having linear movement, adjacenta stack of can end liners and adaptedito automaticallyfreceiveliners from thebottomfof said stack, a -holder for said stack of liners, said conby a can end and a can end liner are brought into l assembling position, and assembling mechanism whereby thesaid canjend andV can endliner are assembled as a complete 14. In a machine kfor applying can end L liners to the flanges of shouldered can Sends,`

for Ithe production lof interfolded hermetic seams with flanged can bodies, in combination: anendless belt conveyer having intermittent linear movement, adjacent a stack of can ends, andadapted to receive ends from said stack v; a holder for said stack; ka second endless belt conveyer having inter* j `veyers intersecting intheir movement vvhere-` mittent linear movement,`adjacent a stack j of can end liners, and adapted-to receive. v

liners from said stack, a holder for said stack of liners; said co'nveyers` intersecting 1 in their movement whereby acari end andv 'liners to the flanges of shoulderedcan ends,

for the production of interfolded hermetic seams with flanged can bodies, the combina= tion of an endless conveyer movable past an assembling point for conveying can ends, and an endless conveyer movable over said ifirst mentioned conveyer at said assembling Vpoint 'or conveyingcan end liners, one Yoi which is iiexible, the operative travel ofsaid conveyers being disposed one above theV other and crossing at an assembling station, said conveyers being adapted respectively to convey can ends' and can end liners to said assembling station and each being provided with means Jfor accurately alining said can ends and can eifd liners at said assembling station, and means for assembling said can ends and can end liners.

17. In a machine for applying can end nation of an endless conveyer having recesses adapted to receive the can ends to be alined, a second endless conveyer having recesses adapted to aline with the recesses of said iirst mentioned conveyer and to support Oaslret liners, one oi' said conveyers being iiexible, and means for assembling said liners and can ends, and a iiXed support for the flexible conveyer at the assembling station.

18. In a machine for applying can end liners to the anges of shouldered can ends, for the production of interfolded hermetic seams withl flanged can bodies, the combination of a can end feedmechanism and can end liner feed mechanism, each having recessed seats and a straight line movement one above the other and toward the assembling station, and means for assembling said can ends and can end liners at said assembling station.

19. In a machine for applying can end liners to the anges of shouldered can ends, for the production of interfolded hermetic seams with lianged can bodies, the combination of a can end feed mechanism and can 'end liner. feed mechanism, each having a straight line intermittent progressive'movement one above` the other and toward'l the assembling station, and vertical acting means for, assembling ancan end liner directly on the "can end at said assembling station. f o

` 20. In a machine for applying can end liners to the iianges of shouldered can ends,

for the production of interolded hermetic seams'with iianged can bodies, the combican ends, a device for holding a stack of can Yend liners, an lendless conveyer for automatically removing can ends succes nation of a device for holding a stack of l sively from said `can end stack, an endless conveyer for automatically removing can` end liners from said can end liner stack,

said conveyers having progressive straight line movement and carrying said liners and can rends to an assembling station, and -mea'nstor assembling said liners on said can f ends.

21. The combination of two endless belt i .conveyers one having a limb superpcsed on `a limb of the other, the upper conveyer having spaced apertures for carrying ring liners and adapted for the passage of the ring liners therethrough, and the lower conveyer having spaced means for holding can ends, means for actuating said conveyers intermittently and in unison, and an assembling device operating through the apertures of the upper conveyer andinto ythe can ends on the lower conveyer.

22. The combinationl of two rectilinear conveyers arranged in close proximity to each other, one of said conveyers having spaced perforations adapted to carry `ring liners and the other of said conveyers Vhavsie ing spaced means for holding and carrying can ends, actuating mechanisinfor movingy witnesses. y

CHARLES W. GRAHAM. Witnesses D F. Msiims, ADOLPH E. QI. Homin. 

